re: Georgia Tech fires coach Brian Gregory

That's a really interesting statement and worth its own thread. I know you are a WV fan/alum. The ACC has two #1 seeds, and both still alive and kicking as I type.

Author's note, I went to HS in NoVa. Same as Randolph Childress, George Lynch, Dennis Scott amongst others, so I too may be a bit biased.

What's interesting about the ACC is that in the early 90s - every school had their moments/years. The Lethal Weapon years at GT, Fire and Ice at NC St, Stith and Co at UVA, Sura at FSU, MD had the Joe Smith, Exree, Simpkins years that led to a Nat'l Championship in the early Aughts, while Duke and UNC always topped the conference.

So you can argue that the conference has been watered down by football (money) expansion, but, the conference has four of the last seven Nat'l championships.

The TRUE Big East is no more. The Big XII is good. The Pac12 blows. But the ACC is the best and should be even better. There's no reason an Atlanta school should be bad. The Florida schools should be competitive. At least one of the VA schools. Two of the NC schools. The ACC shouldn't be a grind. It should be more. The SEC of basketball for lack of better words and respect. Every year.

It's not only way more than not overrated, it's probably, even w/ bias, underrated.